Download ~ Romantic Relationship Status and Gender Differences in Sun Tanning Attitudes and Behaviors of U.S. College Students (Report) ~ by Psychology (Irvine) ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Romantic Relationship Status and Gender Differences in Sun Tanning Attitudes and Behaviors of U.S. College Students (Report)
- Author : Psychology (Irvine)
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Psychology,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 238 KB
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Introduction Open any contemporary fashion magazine in the United States and you will find photographs and advertisements displaying "sun-kissed beauties" or "bronzed goddesses" portraying standards of beauty. When and why did this trend of having a sun tan become so popular? Pale skin used to mark a status symbol of wealth and beauty (Mighall, 2008). Literature referred to women as "fair maidens" and fashioned images like the iconic Disney Princesses, who possess creamy, white skin. Tan colored skin represented the lower class of manual laborers who worked outside in the sun (Righton, 2005). Sun exposure was first introduced in the early 20th century by the medical and scientific communities for the treatment of tuberculosis and rickets; in 1903 Niels Finsen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine for treatment with heliotherapy. During this time, large hats, parasols, and bleaching cream were used by the upper class to avoid sun tanning and the stigma attached to tan skin (Mighall, 2008). In the Great Depression, with scarce food and low paying manual labor jobs, full figured bodies and pale skin represented the health of having plenty to eat, and the upper class wealth of not working in manual labor occupations outdoors.
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